Credit: CC0 Public DomainDuring the 27th World Climate Conference (COP27) in Egypt, which is now going on for two weeks, climate finance is once again a leading subject.At the 21st World Climate Conference (COP21) held in Paris in 2015, all countries concurred for the very first time to limit climate change with their reduction...
Utilizing old DNA, consisting of examples of human remains roughly 45,000 years, has shed light on a previously unknown facet of human development.Dr. Yassine Souilmi, Team Leader at the College of Adelaide's Australian Center for Old DNA, co-led the recent research study released in Nature Ecology and Development."It was extensively thought the genes of...
his is an artist's impression of two neutron stars colliding. The smashup between two dense stellar remnants unleashes the energy of 1,000 standard stellar nova explosions. In the aftermath of the collision a blowtorch jet of radiation is ejected at nearly the speed of light. The jet is directed along a narrow beam confined...
The distributions and sizes of lithium peroxide on the end surfaces of C-AAO electrodes and inside them. Credit: Prof. TAN Peng's teamWith a high power density, Li-O2 batteries have become a state-of-the-art battery Innovation. Inside the Li-O2 battery, the generation and disintegration of the discharged product solid lithium peroxide (Li2O2) have a significant impact...
A European robin (Erithacus rubecula) singing in Gennevilliers, France. Credit: Alexis Lours/Wikimedia Commons, CC BYWhen the COVID pandemic began, it was an international crisis for humans-- but as humans took shelter, reports of wildlife reclaiming what were once human-dominated spaces abounded. But biologists are noticing the patterns were not repeated around the world.Last year, a research...
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe natural world has its own intrinsic electrical grid composed of a world web of tiny bacteria-generated nanowires in the soil and seas that "breathe" by exhaling excess electrons.In a new study, Yale College researchers found that light is an unexpected ally in fostering this electronic activity within biofilm bacteria. Revealing bacteria-produced...
Digital facial reconstructions by Professor Caroline Wilkinson based on skeletal remains and DNA data. Credit: Caroline Wilkinson. Your ancestors from centuries back may have had genetic diseases that could affect you today-- particularly if you have Ashkenazi Jewish roots.A new study carried out by international scientists suggested that a team of Ashkenazi Jews-- victims of...
The southern-central edge of the Tibetan Plateau near the border with western Nepal and the Indian state of Sikkim is pictured in this Sentinel-2A image from 1 February 2016. Credit: European Space Agency. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data [2016]/ processed by ESA ,CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO/Wikimedia CommonsClosure of the Neo-Tethys Sea and the subsequent formation...
Monash College scientists have tested the conventional wisdom that biological patterns are explained by physical restrictions.In a study released today in Scientific research, the researchers offer their mathematical model of animal development, which describes how animals devote energy to growth and reproduction as they age and increase in size."Despite the fact that living organisms...
Mitochondria are the energy powerhouses in eukaryotic cells. One popular hypothesis claims these organelles were a pre-requisite to the transition from simpler prokaryotes like bacteria and archaea to larger, more complex eukaryotic organisms. The new study challenges this assumption. Credit: Jason DreesIn the beginning, there was boredom. Following the emergence of cellular life on...
